Heart Throbs: In Prose and VerseGrosset & Dunlap, 1905 - 435 pages |
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... arms , putting those chubby arms about my neck , those cherry lips to my own , and greeting me with a kiss . Enclosed in the letter was another . From its hiding- place in the pocket of my office coat , I have taken it out this morning ...
... arms , putting those chubby arms about my neck , those cherry lips to my own , and greeting me with a kiss . Enclosed in the letter was another . From its hiding- place in the pocket of my office coat , I have taken it out this morning ...
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... By all the means you can , In all the ways you can , In all the places you can , At all the times you can , To all the people you can , As long as ever you can . THE DEPARTURE . And on her lover's arm she leant HEART THROBS . 19.
... By all the means you can , In all the ways you can , In all the places you can , At all the times you can , To all the people you can , As long as ever you can . THE DEPARTURE . And on her lover's arm she leant HEART THROBS . 19.
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In Prose and Verse. THE DEPARTURE . And on her lover's arm she leant , And round her waist she felt it fold , And far across the hills they went In that new world which is the old ; Across the hills and far away Beyond their utmost ...
In Prose and Verse. THE DEPARTURE . And on her lover's arm she leant , And round her waist she felt it fold , And far across the hills they went In that new world which is the old ; Across the hills and far away Beyond their utmost ...
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... arms outstretched in awe , As if vainly beseeching a general thaw- And he worried about it . His wife took in washing - half a dollar a day— He didn't worry about it- His daughter sewed shirts , the rude grocer to pay- He didn't worry ...
... arms outstretched in awe , As if vainly beseeching a general thaw- And he worried about it . His wife took in washing - half a dollar a day— He didn't worry about it- His daughter sewed shirts , the rude grocer to pay- He didn't worry ...
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... arm beneath your head ! It is some dream that on the deck , You've fallen cold and dead . My Captain does not answer me , his lips are pale and still , My father does not feel my arm , he has no pulse nor will , The ship is anchor'd ...
... arm beneath your head ! It is some dream that on the deck , You've fallen cold and dead . My Captain does not answer me , his lips are pale and still , My father does not feel my arm , he has no pulse nor will , The ship is anchor'd ...
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Page 326 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, — "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!
Page 361 - And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside.
Page 126 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast — The desert and illimitable air — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At' that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 160 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Page 327 - Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning — little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door — Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as
Page 11 - I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee ! 3 There let the way appear Steps unto heaven; All that thou sendest me, In mercy given; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!
Page 9 - The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart: Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget...
Page 147 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 47 - O Christ, art all I want; More than all in Thee I find: Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind. Just and holy is Thy name; I am all unrighteousness; False and full of sin I am, Thou art full of truth and grace.
Page 297 - Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be?' 'How many? Seven in all,' she said, And wondering looked at me. 'And where are they? I pray you tell.' She answered, 'Seven are we; And two of us at Conway dwell, And two are gone to sea. 'Two of us in the church-yard lie, My sister and my brother; And, in the church-yard cottage, I Dwell near them with my mother.